INTRO(DOCS) Optical Printer Control System INTRO(DOCS)
This section has general documentation ("DOCS") on OPCS related
tutorials, hardware/software setup, tools, and other miscellany.
To get a list of all the OPCS documentation sections:
man -k OPCS: -- All the OPCS commands
man -k OPCSDEFS: -- All the OPCSDEFS file setup commands
man -K DOCS: -- Miscellaneous OPCS documentation (below)
When you use 'man -k DOCS:', you should see a list something
like the below.
To read the full documentation for any item, use 'man <itemname>',
where <itemname> is the word in the left column below, e.g.
'man math', 'man opcs', 'man gecko', etc.
Tutorials/Instructions
opcsetup - Setting up OPCS software for the first time
opcshard - Setting up OPCS hardware
quickref - Camera Operator's quick reference for OPCS commands
Software/General
ease - Ease in / Ease out move generator
error - OPCS error messages
home - OPCS home program
math - Specifying math operations in OPCS commands
mov - Create and edit moves (zoom, pan, etc)
opcs - Running OPCS from the command line
opcsdefs - The OPCS setup definitions file format/description
parallel - Parallel port software monitor tool + pinout
versions - OPCS Version information
syntax - Online calculator and OPCS math expression syntax
Hardware
8255 - Controlling 8255 based I/O cards
a800 - Docs for the A800 step pulse generator board (OPCS)
centent - Centent motor drive wiring
connector - Misc connector and card wiring used on older systems
CIODIO24 - CIO-DIO24 Digital I/O Board (3rd Party)
gecko - Gecko motor drive wiring (3rd Party)
kuper - Docs for the Kuper card, general wiring
pio-100 - Docs for the PIO-100 parallel I/O interface board
rtmc16 - RTMC16 step pulse generator board (Kuper Controls)
rtmc48 - RTMC48 step pulse generator board (Kuper Controls)
serial - Serial port
slosyn - SLOSYN motor hookups (centent/anaheim)
sd-800 - Stepper Distribution 8-channel board
This breaks out the DB-37 connector into separate
RJ-45 patch cables to each stepper drive
wiring - Miscellaneous wiring diagrams
ORIGIN
Gregory Ercolano, Los Feliz California 08/17/20